Equine Welfare in Practice: A Collaborative Outreach and Education Program with Michigan State University, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and Universidad Veracruzana

There is great need for veterinary care for working equids worldwide. Addressing this need provides an opportunity for veterinary students to gain primary care experience. An annual two week collaborative outreach and educational program with Michigan State University (MSU), the Universidad Nacional...

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Published in:Animals (Basel) 2019-04, Vol.9 (4), p.164
Main Authors: Schott, 2nd, Harold C, Estrada-Coates, Alejandro, Alva-Trujillo, Miriam, Petersen, Annette D, Kinsley, Marc A, Esser, Melissa M, Casillas, Jose, Garcia-Seco, Elena, Madariaga-Najera, Mauro, Fernando Martínez, José Antonio, Herrera-León, Arturo, Hernández-Gil, Mariano
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bites
castration
Collaboration
Conventions
dentistry
donkey
equid
Eye injuries
farrier
Floats
Fund raising
Hoof
horse
mule
Pregnancy
preventive medicine
Rectum
Stomatitis
Students
Tetanus
Vesicular stomatitis
Veterinarians
Veterinary colleges
Veterinary medicine
working
wound
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Summary:There is great need for veterinary care for working equids worldwide. Addressing this need provides an opportunity for veterinary students to gain primary care experience. An annual two week collaborative outreach and educational program with Michigan State University (MSU), the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and the Universidad Veracruzana (UV) was developed to provide care for working equids in rural Mexican communities. From 2017 to 2019 24 US veterinary students and 25 Mexican veterinary students, interns and residents examined, vaccinated and dewormed more than 2200 equids and performed more than 80 castrations, 100 rectal palpations for pregnancy diagnosis, 220 dental floats and 320 hoof trims. They also treated many wounds, sarcoids, vampire bat bites and tick infestations and also saw unusual cases including tetanus, eye injuries, nuchal bursitis, cervical vertebral malformation and suspected vesicular stomatitis. Development of the collaborative MSU-UNAM-UV Equine Welfare in Practice Clerkship required vision, learning, relationship building, creativity, fund-raising and perseverance to develop and agree on mutually beneficial objectives for all participants. The project is largely financed through private donations and supplies provided by pharmaceutical companies. The outcome has been a highly successful program that could be used as a model by other Colleges of Veterinary Medicine world-wide.
ISSN:2076-2615
2076-2615
DOI:10.3390/ani9040164